Improvement in compression-faucets



l.-T HAYDEN.

Compression Faucets. s N0, 146,253, Patented`lan.6,1874. W

UNITED STATES JAMES T. HAYDEE, 0E CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPRESSICN-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,253, dated January6, 1874; application filed November 12, 1873.

OASE B.

To all whom t may concern:

Beitknown that I, JAMES T. HAYDEN, of Cambridge, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of-vMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement inCompression-Faucets 5 and I do hereby declare that the following, takenin connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecification7 is a description of my invention suticient to enablethose skilled in the art to practice it.

The invention has particular reference to a method of packing the faucet5 and consists in coinbiningwith the screw-cap a screw-threaded ring,screwing into a nutthread in the under side of the screw-cap, thespindle extending loosely through this ring, andthe ring havin gguide-projections extending through slots in the nut-threaded valve, tokeep the valve from rotating as it is moved to and from the seat by therotation of the screw-threaded spindle werking in the nut-threadedvalve.

The drawing represents a faucet embodying the invention.

V"Figure l shows the construction in sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is across-section.

a denotes the body of the bibb or faucet; b, the inlet, and c theoutlet, tubes; d, the valveseat; e, the valve; f, the screw-spindle; g,the

cap. The valve is raised from and carried to the seat by turningthespindle, as in other 'faucets of this class, without rotation of thevalve. The spindle is made with a iiange, h, against which the capbears, and under this ange is a washer, i, which washer is pressedagainst the under. surface of the cap, to pack the faucet at the capbythe ring This rin g is loose upon the spindle, but it has a peripheralscrew thread, l, which works in a nutthread, m, in the inside of thecap, so that by screwing the ring up into the cap the washer is tightlycompressed between the cap and ring, the cap and spindle beingimperviously packed by such compression. From the ring extend the earsor projections a, which, passing into the slots o of the valve, serve asguides to the valve to prevent its rotation.

I claim- In combination with a compression-faucet,

